PTO/AIA/47 Fee Address Indication Form

Doc Code: MFEE.C.AD
Document Description: Maintenance Fee Address Change

PTO/AIA/47 (11-18)
Approved for use through 09/30/2021. OMB 0651-0016
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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“FEE ADDRESS” INDICATION FORM
Address to:
Mail Stop M Correspondence
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

-OR-

Fax to:
571-273-6500

INSTRUCTIONS: The issue fee must have been paid for the application(s) listed on this form. In addition, only an address
represented by a Customer Number can be established as the fee address for maintenance fee purposes (hereafter, fee
address). A fee address should be established when correspondence related to maintenance fees should be mailed to a
different address than the correspondence address for the application.
When to check the first box below: If you have a Customer Number to represent the fee address.
When to check the second box below: If you have no Customer Number representing the desired fee address, in which
case a completed Request for Customer Number (PTO/SB/125) must be attached to this form. For more information on
Customer Numbers, see the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 403.
For the following listed application(s), please recognize as the “Fee Address” under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.363 the
address associated with:
Customer Number:
OR
The attached Request for Customer Number form (PTO/SB/125)
PATENT NUMBER
(if known)

APPLICATION NUMBER

Completed by (check one):
Applicant/Inventor
Attorney or Agent of record _______________
Reg. No.
Assignee of record of the entire interest. See
37 CFR 3.71. Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(c)
(Form PTO/AIA/96) is enclosed or was filed on
______________________________________
(Date)

_________________________________________________
Signature
_________________________________________________
Typed or printed name
_________________________________________________
Requester’s telephone number
_________________________________________________
Date

NOTE: Signatures of all the inventors or assignees of record of the entire interest or their representative(s) are required. If the assignee is a
juristic entity, this form must be signed by a patent practitioner (attorney or agent) of record. Submit multiple forms if more than one
signature is required, see below*.

*Total of ___________________ forms are submitted
This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.363. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public, which is to indicate (and for the
USPTO to process) a fee address. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 5 minutes to complete,
including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount
of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THE PREVIOUS ADDRESS. SEND COMPLETED
FORMS TO: Mail Stop M Correspondence, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.

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of proceedings or abandonment of the application or expiration of the patent.
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